Tag: #DrugSafety

Fake Medicines in Kashmir: When the Cure Becomes the Threat

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Fake & Substandard Medicines in Kashmir 2026: CDSCO Flags 6 Failed Drug Samples — What You Must Know

Fake & Substandard Medicines in Kashmir 2026: CDSCO Flags 6 Failed Drug Samples — What You Must Know By: Javid Amin | 28 June 2026 The Pill That Cannot Heal: Kashmir’s Quiet Drug Crisis Imagine swallowing a painkiller for days without relief. Your blood pressure medication simply isn’t working. Your antibiotic seems useless against an infection that should have cleared up by now. You blame your body. You blame the illness. The thought that never crosses your mind — that the medicine itself might be the problem — may, in…

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Centre Orders Rational Use of Cough Syrups After Toxic Batch Kills 11 Children in Madhya Pradesh

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Centre Orders Rational Use of Cough Syrups After Toxic Batch Kills 11 Children in Madhya Pradesh

Toxic Cough Syrup Tragedy: Centre Orders States to Review Pediatric Medicines By: Javid Amin | 05 October 2025 National Health Emergency: Toxic Cough Syrup Claims 11 Young Lives India is reeling from yet another pharmaceutical tragedy. The Union Health Ministry has ordered all states and Union Territories to review and regulate the use of cough syrups, following the deaths of 11 children in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district. Preliminary investigations confirmed the cause: a toxic batch of pediatric cough syrup contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG) — a deadly industrial solvent known…

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